Skyrocketing gas prices, higher prices for food and restaurant services, and a continuation of elevated food and shelter costs have led to an annual inflation rate the likes of which Canada hasn’t experienced in almost 40 years. On Wednesday, Statistics Canada released its consumer price index for May. It reported a 7.7% increase compared to […]
Journalism: banking on public broadcasting
Committing that single act of journalism required one hell of a lot of labour-intensive investigating, reporting, and editing — not to mention, I’m certain, countless hours of lawyering — simply to prove, or disprove, the allegations of three disgruntled, anonymous TD employees. It was worth it.
At this moment — when real journalism is often dismissed as fake news and alternate-reality U.S. president Donald Trump is decimating American public broadcasting in his new budget— there is some comfort living in Canada where our recently refinanced and reinvigorated public broadcaster is not only publishing real news but is also affecting the public...
TD Bank: sponsoring Pride and politicians who are against marriage equality
While TD Bank stands as a prominent sponsor of Halifax Pride and 41 other Pride festivals in Canada and the U.S., the corporation has recently contributed tens of thousands of dollars to the electoral campaigns of American politicians who have fought against the legalization of same-sex marriage. Since establishing a Political Action Committee (PAC) in...